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Noun
/ˈbo͝olˌrəSH/,
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bulrushes, plural; bullrushes, plural;
  1. A tall rushlike water plant of the sedge family. Native to temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, it has been widely used for weaving and is grown as an aid to water purification in some areas

  2. (in biblical use) A papyrus plant

  1. (bulrush) cat's-tail: tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
  2. (bulrush) tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
  3. (bulrush) Any of several wetland herbs, of the genus Scirpus, having clusters of spikelets; Any similar plant, such as papyrus
  4. (Bulrush) represents three Heb. words: (I) gome (Ex., ii, 3; Is., xviii, 2; xxxv, 7), Cyperus papyrus, is now extinct in Egypt (cf. Is.,) dx, 6-7), where it was formerly regarded as the distinctive plant of the country (Strab., xvii, 15) and the Nile was styled "the papyrus-bearer" (Ovid. ...
  5. (Bulrush) One of several reed-like plants of the marshes which form dense clusters of flowers, either spheres of several centimetres in diameter or upright cylinders up to 40 cm long and 4 cm across.
  6. (Bulrush) (1.) In Isa 58:5 the rendering of a word which denotes "belonging to a marsh," from the nature of the soil in which it grows (Isa 18:2). It was sometimes platted into ropes (Job 41:2; A.V., "hook," R.V., "rope," lit. "cord of rushes"). (2.) In Exo 2:3, Isa 18:2 (R.V. ...
  7. (bulrush) 1. Pennisetum glaucum, an annual forage grass. 2. (see cumbungi.)
  8. Grassy reads such as where Moses was found as a baby.